"Janet wrote in message ((snip))

About a week ago we saw something really odd; as we drove up our road
early in the morning, a largish bird of prey was sitting in the middle
of the tarmac, on something. It was the size of a buzzard but lighter
coloured on the breast. As we drew up, I realised the bird was not
injured, and not feeding on carrion. It was sitting on an abandoned
glove :-) and took off in a leisurely fashion as we drew up.My guess is,
an escaped/lost hunting hawk of some kind.


Should have put the glove on and waved it about a bit Janet, may have
acquired a new hobby (no pun intended) or at least something to really keep
the pigeons off your plants. :-)

BTW, Buzzards are exceptionally varied in their colour, some are very light
others quite dark.

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Bob

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